determination Copy link Outline I. The act of marking out by boundaries1. dēfīnītio2. termĭnātio3. līmĭtātioII. A judicial decisionIII. A decision of the mind1. consĭlium2. inductio (deliberate)3. instĭtūtum4. vŏluntas (esp. in combination with some word denoting the mind)5. mens, ntis, f. (in certain phr.6. sententia (way of thinking, resolution)7. certum (with est, and dat. of person)8. dēcrētumIV. In abstr. sense, resolution, firmnessV. The act of directing to an end • determination: I. The act of marking out by boundaries: 1. dēfīnītio: Cic. 2. termĭnātio: Inscr. ap. Grut. 3. līmĭtātio: Col. II. A judicial decision: jūdĭcium, disceptātio, arbitrium: v. judgment, decision. III. A decision of the mind: 1. consĭlium: my d. is to do so, consilium est ita facere, Cic.: v. design. 2. inductio (deliberate): to depend upon the d. of the will, in quadam animi inductione atque voluntate positum esse, Cic. 3. instĭtūtum: v. plan, purpose. 4. vŏluntas (esp. in combination with some word denoting the mind): v. supr. (2): to arrive at this d., hanc mentem v.que suscipere, Cic. 5. mens, ntis, f. (in certain phr.: v. preced. ex.): the gods inspired me with this d., dii me in hanc m. impulerunt, hanc mihi m. injecerunt, dederunt, Cic. 6. sententia (way of thinking, resolution): if one's d. be to defend honour, si honestatem tueri sententia est, Cic.: v. opinion. 7. certum (with est, and dat. of person): it is my deliberate d. to say, etc., (mihi) c. est deliberatumque dicere, etc., Cic.: it is (his) obstinate d., c. atque obstinatum est (ei), Liv.: Ter.: Pl. 8. dēcrētum: only of the d. of official persons or bodies: v. decision. See also purpose, design. IV. In abstr. sense, resolution, firmness: animi firmitas, constantia; tenax propositi mens: v. firmness, decision. V. The act of directing to an end: Phr.: the d. of the will, *inductio voluntatis, cf. supr. (III. 2): or as purely philos. t. t.: *determinatio voluntatis.
DETERMINATION Copy link • DETERMINATIONAct of determining, definitio (act of marking out, defining, etc., hominum et temporum definitio, determination of the particular persons meant, and of the times when the events were to occur): limitatio (the marking out the boundaries or limits; Vitrvius, Col.). Act of determining a cause: determination of a cause, dijudicatio (act of deciding a question): disceptatio (PROP., the discussion that precedes the determination, but also = determination; e.g., disceptatio arbitrorum, Quint., 11, 1, 43): judicium: sententia (determination formally declared by a judge, etc.): arbitrium (decision of an arbiter). To come to a determination in the case of anybody, de aliquo constituere (Nep.). The determination of that question is very difficult, magna est ista dijudicatio (Cic.). Resolution, decision, consilium (purpose; resolve): sententia (opinion): judicium (deliberate judgement). A sudden determination, repentina voluntas: to adopt a determination or come to a determination, consilium capere or inire: to come to the determination, in animo habere: to adhere to one’s determination, in proposito susceptoque consilio permanere: it is my fixed determination, certum est mihi; stat mihi (sententia); statutum habeo cum animo et deliberatum: not to be able to come to any determination, animi or animo pendere; varie or in diversas partes distrahi certum consilium capere non posse; certa aliqua in sententia consistere non posse; haereo, quid faciam; in incerto habeo, quidnam consilii capiam: with the determination to, etc., eo animo, ut: with the same determination as, etc., ea mente, quam, etc. End; the putting an end to, etc., determinatio (e.g., mundi, orationis, Cic.). Direction; act of directing (e.g., in “the determination of the will to an object”). [Vid: DIRECTION.] Decision of character, constantia: animi constantia (Ov.): constantia morum (Tac.): animus certus or confirmatus (firmness): animus praesens: animi praesentia (quickness and presence of mind to decide according to circumstances).